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The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday arrested yoga guru Baba Ramdev's close aide Balkrishna in a case relating to submission of alleged fake documents to obtain Indian passport. A special CBI court in Dehradun had earlier in the day issued a non-bailable warrant against Balkrishna. He had been asked to be present in the court on Friday but he failed to appear. The CBI, on July 10, had filed a chargesheet in a special court here against Balkrishna in a case relating to alleged submission of alleged fake and forged documents to obtain an Indian passport. The CBI had registered a case of cheating and criminal conspiracy against him on July 23 last year for allegedly procuring fake degree and violation of section 12 of Indian Passport Act for furnishing fake documents to get a passport. The agency said its investigation had established that the accused, in connivance with a co-accused, had furnished false information and submitted fake and forged High School and graduation certificates to the passport authorities for obtaining the document.

CBI arrests Ramdev aide Balkrishna in fake passport case